NY Firefighter Charged with Downloading Child Porn to FD Computer

Posted by: Curt Varone May 4, 2011 0

A firefighter in Fort Johnson, New York in has been charged with downloading child pornography onto a fire department computer.

Randolph Billington, 31, of the Fort Johnson Volunteer Fire Company, has been arrested and charged with possession of an obscene sexual performance of a child, a Class E felony. The images were discovered during a routine computer check, prompting Fire Chief Alden Miller to contact the NY state police on March 3, 2011 to investigate.

Billington is also facing termination from the fire company, and is currently suspended. He was arraigned on the charges on Monday and is being held at the Montgomery County jail.

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Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.
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